# Does App Search support federated search and xpack security

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-app-search-support-federated-search-and-xpack-security/337409>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [July 3, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-app-search-support-federated-search-and-xpack-security/337409 "2023-07-03T03:14:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ong/32/40766_2.png) [@Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ong)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-app-search-support-federated-search-and-xpack-security/337409/1 "2023-07-03T03:14:38Z")

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I am not able to find a category for App Search while Enterprise Search seems to be the closest fit. So apologies if this topic is better fit in another category.

Does App Search support federated search across multiple indexes and does it have support for Elastic X-pack custom RBAC feature?

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_d/32/126245_2.png) [@Carlos\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_D)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-app-search-support-federated-search-and-xpack-security/337409/2 "2023-07-06T07:50:26Z")

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Hi @Ong !

App Search supports querying multiple engines together using meta engines. Meta engines group together multiple engines, so searches done on a meta engine are performed on the underlying engines. Check our [Meta Engines guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/8.8/meta-engines-guide.html) for more details.

You can map Elastic stack roles to App Search roles. Please check [App Search users and access guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/8.8/security-and-users.html#security-role-mappings-default-manage) for a comprehensive description.

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-app-search-support-federated-search-and-xpack-security/337409/3 "2023-08-03T07:51:01Z")

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